Lacing-stud



(N0 Model.)

B. KEMPSHALL.

. j LACING STUD No. 595,482.

Patented Dec. 14,1897.

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ELEAZER KEMPSHALL, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR, BY

MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE BOSTON FAST COLOR EYELET COM- PANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

LAClNG-STUD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,482, dated December 14, 1897.

Application filed October 9,1890.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELEAZER KEMPSHALL, of Hartford, Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lacing-Studs, of which the following description and claims constitute the specification, and which is illustrated by the accompanying sheet of drawings.

This invention consists in a lacing-stud for shoes, gloves, or garments and which is provided with a permanent head-covering composed of material which will not wear off so as to expose a metallic surface to the friction which would otherwise make the metal bright. Lacing-studs for shoes have heretofore been generally made of brass and japanned black; but the coat of japan is soon worn off from the heads of such lacing-studs and the brass surface beneath is soon polished by the trousers of the wearer, so that the lacing-studs soon come to look oldand to impart the same appearance to the shoe to which they are attached. This undesirable result is entirely obviated by'my invention, because my improved lacing-stud is provided with a permanent head-covering composed of material that will not wear off nor be materially changed in appearance by the friction of the trousers.

The best materials from which to make the head-covering for the lacing-studs are those which when heated are plastic and easily formed, molded, and pressed into required shapes and into engagement with whatever anchorage is provided therefor in or on the body of the lacing-studs, but which when cold become tough and hard. Among these substances are celluloid, hard rubber, and others well known in the arts- Figures 1, 3, 5, and 7 of the drawings are central vertical longitudinal sections of lacing-studs, showing my improvement in four Serial No. 367,517. (No model.)

filling the opening in the. center of the neck of the stud. Fig. 8 is a side view of the stud of Fig. 5, and it also nearly corresponds with the exterior appearance of the studs of Figs. 1, 3, 6, and 7. Fig. 9 is a central vertical longitudinal section of a lacing-stud identical with that of Fig. 5 except that its neck is eccentric to the axis of the stud. Fig. 10 is a central vertical longitudinal section of the body of a lacing-stud which when provided with the permanent head-covering has an eccentric neck like the stud of Fig. 9, but which has prongs instead of an eyelet for attachment to the shoe and which has an opening through the center of its neck for the reception and anchorage of the material of which the head is composed instead of having a projection extending upward into that material. Fig. 11 is a central vertical longitudinal section of the body of a lacing-stud which when provided with the permanent head is similar to that of Fig. 10, but in which the permanent head is unitedto the body by an anchorage through the upper plate of the body of the stud instead of through its neck. Fig. 12 is a side view of a complete lacing-stud like that the body of which is shown in Fig. 11.

Those parts of the lacing-studs shown in the drawings by means of which they are attached to the shoe, the glove, or the garment constitute no part of my present invention and require no further description.

The letter A indicates in all the views the upper plate of .the body of a lacing-stud, and

the letter B indicates the permanent headcovering applied to that plate. In the cases of the studs shown in Figs. 1, 3, 5, and 9 the plate A is anchored in the head-covering B, while in the cases of the studs indicated in Figs. 6-, 7, 10, and 11 the head-covering B is anchored in the plate A. It is better to anchor the plate A in the head-covering B than contrariwise, because the plate A is made of metal and the head-covering B of hard rubber or other similar substance of less strength than metal and because the strength of the union depends mainly upon the strength of the anchor rather than upon the strength of the substance which incloses the anchor.

'The letter C indicates the anchor, which projects upward from the plate A in the case of the stud of Figs. 1 and 2, and which consists of an annular flange integral with the plate A and projecting first upward and outward from the upper surface of that plate and then still farther upward and inward.

The letter D indicates the anchors of the stud of Fig. 3, which anchors are in the form of sections of the annular flange O and are made by cutting the plate A on radial lines and by turning the narrower radial parts thus produced upward and inward, as shown in Fig. 4.

The letter E indicates the anchor of the studs of Figs. 5 and 9, and that anchor consists of acircular upward projection from the center of the plate A, which projection increases in diameter as it extends upward, so that its periphery everywhere overhangs the upper surface of the plate.

The letter F indicates the anchorage in the stud of Fig. 6 for the material which composes the head-covering B, and which anchorage grows larger in cross-section as it extends downward and is filled by material integral with the head-covering B, which is pressed into the anchorage F when that material is plastic;

The letter G indicates the anchorage in the stud of Fig. 10, which is also larger in crosssection at the bottom than at its middle part, so as to securely hold the head-covering B by means of that portion of the material of the head-covering which is pressed into that anchorage when the material is plastic and the head-covering is being formed.

The letter H indicates the principal anchor, which unites the head-covering of the stud of Fig. '7 to the plate A of that stud, and which consists in a downward projection of the material of the head-covering into a circular opening in the center of the plate A, which opening increases in diameter as it extends downward, and thus securely holds the material which is pressed into it when hot.

The letter I indicates an additional anchorage which is employed in the case of the stud of Fig. 7 and maybe employed in the case of any of the other studs, and which consists of an upward-extending flange around the periphery of the plate A, and the inner side of which flange overhangs the adjacent part of the upper surface of the plate A.

The letter J indicates the anchorage in the plate A of the stud of Fig. 11 for the headcovering of that stud, which anchorage consists of an opening through the plate A of larger cross-section at the bottom than at the top of that opening.

The bodies of the differentstuds shown in the drawings are made from metal in wellknown ways, and the head-coverings of the studs are applied thereto when the material of those coverings is warm and plastic, and that material is pressed into its anchorage and formed into the desired shape by means of suitable dies.

It is essential in any form of this lacingstud that the body and the head-covering should be immovably fastened together by an anchor extending from one and embedded in the other, as distinguished from a mere point extending from one and thrust into the other; and it is also essential to any form of this lacing-stud that the plate A of the body of the stud should have a circumference or other boundary as extensive as the circumference or other boundary of the permanent head-covering B applied to that plate.

I claim as my invention- 1. A lacing-stud, consisting of a body, provided with a plate A; and of a head-covering B, fastened to the body by an anchor extending from one and anchored in the other; all substantially as described.

2. A lacing-stud, consisting of a body, provided with a plate A; and ofa head-covering B, fastened to the body by an anchor extending from the body and anchored in the headcovering; all substantially as described.

3. A lacing-stud, consisting of a body, provided with a plate A, and with a central upward overhanging anchor E; and of a headcovering fastened to that body by means of that anchor; all substantially as described.

4. Alacing-hook comprisin gin its construction a neck, an attaching device at the inner end of the neck, a head at the outer end of said neck, an upwardly-projecting inwardlyinclined rib or shoulder formed on the top of said head, and a covering of pyroxylin material molded about the top of said head and interlocked with said shoulder, whereby said head is protected by said covering, and the latter securely anchored to said head.

5. A lacing-stud consisting of a body provided with a plate A, an anchor formed on the top of said plate, and having a wall arranged at an angle to the plane of the plate, and overhanging the latter, and a covering B of plastic material, molded about the top of said plate and in terlocked withsaid anchor, whereby said' plate is protected by said covering, and the latter securely anchored to said plate.

6. A lacing-hook comprising a securing member, a head, a centrally-located undercut stud or projection on said head, and a covering of plastic material molded about. said head and interlocked with said stud, whereby said head is protected by said covering and the latter is securely anchored to said head by interlocking with said stud.

7. An ornamental lacing-hook having a head, an attaching member, and a neck connecting said head and member, the upper face of the head being provided with an undercut wall and a covering of plastic material molded about'the top of said head and retained in position by the undercut wall.

Hartford, Connecticut, October 8, 1890.

ELEAZER KEMPSTIALL.

lVitnesses:

ALBERT II. \VALKER, PHOEBE A. PHELPS. 

